For any grad feeling overwhelmed by the many choices and unknowns surrounding their future, author of 'To The Next Step', Kyle Grappone, shares what you need to know to graduate with confidence. 1. What should all students know before graduation? Students should know what the real world is like. It is impossible to be prepared for every aspect of growing up and entering your career but you can take several serious steps to gain a pretty good understanding of what is coming ne

Being a new graduate can be an exciting time. One chapter of life is closing and another is just beginning. But, in many ways, finding post-grad work is a job in itself. Making that transition from student to employee is not always easy. There are a lot of mistakes to be made if you don't know what to look out for. Fortunately, members of the Forbes Human Resources Council shared their best tips and actionable steps that may make job hunting a little easier and lessen the wor

College commencements are just around the corner, and with them the annual deluge of advice for the soon-to-be graduates. Graduates are in for a lot of advice: some good, some bad, some that is repeated to the point of annoyance. This is a major turning point in your life, where the relationships you build, the skills you acquire and how much you learn from the mistakes you make will play a big role in what kind of professional you will be and the professional options that wi

Many students expect to obtain a respectable, decent-paying job in their field right after graduation, but is this expectation realistic nowadays? Stressful exams, excessive coffee, possible home sickness and hefty loans; post-secondary education has been quite the ride for the last few years, but hopefully has, in theory, provided you with the exciting opportunities everyone says awaits you. Many students across the globe expect to obtain a respectable, decent-paying job in

I was never one of those people who knew exactly what they wanted to ‘be’ from a young age. My professional aspirations see-sawed between journalism and fashion design, to speech pathology and back up dancing (for Janet Jackson, to be specific). Being forced to choose subjects in Year 10, that would narrow down my interests into Year 11 and 12, was torture. I knew what I was good at – English, mainly. But I liked lots of other subjects too – Environmental Science, Photography